Cloud Computing Concepts and Models for MetaSoft

ITC561 - ASSIGNMENT 2: CONCEPTS AND
MODELS
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Explain the main concepts of Cloud Computing and why you think that a move to the
Cloud could be good for MetaSoft..............................................................................................4
1.2 Explain some of the Cloud Architectures that you think would be useful for MetaSoft to
use as part of their Cloud infrastructure......................................................................................9
Task 2.............................................................................................................................................13
2.1 Provide MetaSoft with TWO different approaches to providing office automation to their
staff............................................................................................................................................13
2.2 Outline the major benefits and issues with each approach..................................................13
2.3 Provide a summary of your advice to this company along with your recommendation about
which option to choose..............................................................................................................14
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................15
3.1 Describes the difference between infrastructure provided using an IaaS provider and a
platform provided by a PaaS provider in a public Cloud. You will need to discuss the critical
differences, issues and factors, other than cost, that MetaSoft will have to consider in choosing
to migrate their Web infrastructure to either an IaaS or a PaaS service provider.....................15
Task 4.............................................................................................................................................18
4.1 What are the major differences between the models IaaS, PaaS and SaaS?.......................18
4.2 Recommend the model that you consider most appropriate for this service and discuss why
this model is the most appropriate for the SharePoint service...................................................22
4.3 What are the most likely problems that MetaSoft will encounter with the model that you
recommend? How would you advise MetaSoft to deal with these issues?...............................23
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................24
References......................................................................................................................................25
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Introduction
This report includes the discussion related to the two approaches related to the office automation
to their staff. MetaSoft is an organization in Australia and New Zealand that provides software-
related services. The organization has planned to compute the energy extensive components
using cloud technology with an intention to enhance the productivity of the organization. The
differences in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS will be analysed in this report. There are different problems
associated with the models, the issues associated with the suggested model is also presented
along with its solution measures that need to be implemented effectively for the handling of
these issues. This research report has an aim of reducing the complexities and increasing the
scalability of MetaSoft businesses.
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Task 1
1.1 Explain the main concepts of Cloud Computing and why you think that a move to the
Cloud could be good for MetaSoft.
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This is an introductory slide that presents the content included in this presentation.
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The concepts of cloud computing have been presented in this slide. The concepts like high
scalability, everywhere accessibility and ability of shared infrastructure are the key concepts
of cloud computing.
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